Nursing? by Tonya Abercrombie I
major.
wasn't planning on going to college because
1
couldn't decide on a
refused to take two years of generals and have nothing to
I
show
for
it
my brother had done. didn't want to hate all my classes as my sister did. told my parents, "I ain't goin' to college." They both stared at me for a minute then my mom said, "Oh yes you as
I
I
are."
Through academy, I had thought of some options for a major, but were problems with most of them. My sophomore year I thought about working with people who have eating disorders. I knew I would become there
discouraged, because
and
I
Once
college.
my
know
I
in
Bible class,
When
it
was
my
at the
found out
I
my
beginning of
turn,
leaned back in
I
my
it
I
love animals,
took eight years of
senior year of academy,
room asking everyone what
teacher went around the
to be.
they just do not listen to reason.
thought about being a veterinarian, until
their
major was going
my
chair, stared at
desk and
replied, "I ain't goin' to college."
My
senior year
to play basketball.
played bulldozer.
was
Since If a
I
also the year
I
played basketball, or
at least tried
couldn't dribble, shoot, or throw the basketball,
players and the referees didn't see
it, I
would run
into the player of the opposite
team hard enough to send them out of the games for a few minutes. While showed the other teams that we could not be run over, it left me bleeding, bruised, and swollen.
I
would have
together by the next game.
myself back
I
player from the other team was beating up on one of our
to health.
It
to
go home and
didn't take long for
Suddenly
I
try to get
me
this
myself back
to realize
I
liked nursing
my major would be in college. RN course because would
decided what
It would be nursing. I decided on the two year I have "hands on" training in the hospital within two months of starting. For two months I learned how to take vital signs, give a patient a bath, change a bed, and give general care. We practiced over and over on each other
in the
nursing class.
Before
I
for the first time.
really I
had time to think about
chatted on the bus with
papers, and stethoscope ready.
asked
me
if
I
was nervous.
I
When we
told
went into the hospital, and our
him
I
my
it, I
got off the bus, one of
was, but
instructor,
was going to the hospital and got my pen,
instructor
I
thought
I'd
do
my
friends
all right.
We
Mrs. Springett, told us exactly what
